BEFSX41 or BEFVP41?

[Dreddnews]

I have a small domain network out of my apartment using cable broadband. I currently have the BEFVP41 but have had a lot of trouble setting it up for VPN connections incoming and outgoing. I saw at the store the BEFSX41 that has a firewall built into it. Would this be a better option for me then the BEFVP41. My goal is to allow VPN connections incoming onto my domain as though there were local. I've tried to use the Microsoft client for VPN connections, but always failed. Any help please?
Or could I use the BEFSX41 as the firewall with the BEFVP41 on the same network? Thanks for any help.

-Damon

 

[markku]

Hi,

Stick with BEFVP41, it is more stable.

Try SSH Sentinel

http://www.ssh.com

as your windows-client. Follow the documentation in SSH site and it sure works.

 

[Dreddnews]

Do I not need some sort of firewall to protect my 2000 Server since it does not run any form of software firewall. Also you can no longer get a free version of SSH to use to connect to your VPN? If you know where I can get this it would be a great help. Thanks,

-Damon

 

[markku]

BEFVP41 should be fine as hardware firewall assuming you are using VPN as only way of entering your LAN from WAN.

Sentinel 1.3.2 is floating around, try to Google it.

 

[Dreddnews]

Well my network allows WAN connections because I run an FTP and Webserver on it from IIS. That is what concerns me about the LAN side.

 

[markku]

No hardware firewall is going to protect you if your servers are misconfigured or unupdated.

Otherwise you are safe with BEFVP41.

All the best.